Garrison Memorial Park

Historical marker location:

94 West Ave, Woodstown, New Jersey

( Memorial is on West Avenue (Route 40) just east of Hillcrest Drive, on the left when traveling east.)

The Great Falls of the Passaic River in Paterson, New Jersey, played a key role in the early development of the American industrial revolution. Alexander Hamilton, one of the founding fathers of the United States, helped to develop the first water-powered cotton spinning mill in Paterson in 1791.